Create an Indirect Operation

When you click Operations in the Routing Maintenance (RTM) program and select an indirect operation type, you can create a new indirect operation, change, or delete it.

  1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Operation code

Required
4 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed code or change the code if the new code is the same type as the original code (I = indirect).

Machine number

Required
10 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed machine number for this work center or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the machine from a list.    

The work center and machine number combination identifies a specific work location.

Oper desc 1 - 4

Optional
20 alphanumeric per line

Accept the displayed description of this operation or enter a one- to four-line text description of the process performed in this operation. This description prints on the shop paper.

Indirect labor cd

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed code that represents the hourly labor rate for this operation or select a different code.

Std/Alt oper

Required
1 alphanumeric

Select S if this operation is standard or select A if you expect to use it occasionally.  

Click Chg oper in the Manufacturing Order Maintenance (MIM) program when you release an order to select an alternate operation in addition to or in place of a standard operation. You have the option to recalculate standard labor cost based on the alternate operations you select.

Alternatively, click Alternate in the WIP Movement (WIPM) program. This method adds the selected alternate operations to actual labor cost but does not recalculate standard labor cost.

Overhead rate total

Display only

Sum of the overhead rates (based on the four overhead codes in the work center record)

Dept number

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed department where the operation takes place or select a different department. The default comes from the work center's record in the Work Center Maintenance (WCM) program. Department prints on shop paper.

Mfg branch

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed manufacturing branch where the operation takes place, select a different branch, or leave blank.

Move time

Optional
7 numeric in the format 99999.99

Enter the number of shop days the manufacturing order spends intransit from one operation to the next.

Capacity planning and priority dispatch programs and the Accumulated Lead Time Calculation (MLT) program use this field.

Send ahead qty

Optional
10 numeric in the format 9999999999

Enter the quantity that you can send ahead to the next operation, splitting lots into a smaller quantity in order to begin the next operation before completing the current operation.

Capacity planning programs use send ahead quantity when calculating load.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

Delete a saved record

Click Delete. See Delete.

Exit without creating this operation

Click Cancel.

Change the Work center no field

Click Other info and then Modify.

Enter notes for this operation

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Go to a related program

Click Jump. See Jump.

Display the standard indirect operation

Click Std operation. See Create a Standard Indirect Operation. Click OK to return to this program.

Associate a tool with this operation

Click Tools. See Associate a Tool with an Operation Sequence.

Display changes to this operation

Click Audit.. See Display an Audit Trail. Click Exit to return to this program.

Note
Audit trail logging must be activated.

Accept the data

Click OK. The program prompts Operation seq no. Enter another sequence or leave blank to exit.